Rest in peace. Like many here, his performances were hugely influential on my childhood (and adulthood). One I haven’t seen mentioned here yet is Merlin.
Sam Neill has died
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#52I'm getting old, all my childhood heroes die.
It gets worse. You start realising that the new heroes you're discovering are all younger than you.
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#53RIP. Here in Sweden the headlines mention primarily his role in Ivanhoe, a movie that has aired on Swedish TV almost every New Years for over 40 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe_(1982_film) He posted this video message to the Swedish people for New Years 2023: https://www.svt.se/kultur/ivanhoe-skadespelarens-nyarshalsni... Great movie.
I have only ever seen the 1950s Ivanhoe film and part of a... I think it was a 1990s TV miniseries. I'll have to watch this.
I watched it every Jan 1 with some pizza
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#55"I would have liked to have seen Montana..." You are forever in our hearts, Vasili.
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#56Hunt for the Wilder People was fun, as was Reilly, Ace of Spies.
I honestly didn't know he was a Kiwi until I saw Hunt for the Wilder People. Absolutely fantastic movie.
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#57RIP. Here in Sweden the headlines mention primarily his role in Ivanhoe, a movie that has aired on Swedish TV almost every New Years for over 40 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe_(1982_film) He posted this video message to the Swedish people for New Years 2023: https://www.svt.se/kultur/ivanhoe-skadespelarens-nyarshalsni... Great movie.
Ivanhoe is a story about a Russian farmer and his tool.
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#58Godspeed. ;~;7
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#59His debut in the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die is in the 1979 film, My Brilliant Career [1].
("Hey, that's a young Sam Neill!")
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
And Australia. He lived in Sydney and the Aussie PM just posted a tribute.
He's as Australian as Russell Crowe and Lamingtons!
Or Ryan Gosling.